§ Rule 18-1.3 Activities

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Rule 18-1.3. Activities

    (a) [FN1] Permissible Activities. An authorized legal assistance attorney, in association with an approved legal assistance office and under the supervision of a supervising attorney, may perform the following activities:

        (1) appear in any court or before any administrative tribunal in this state on behalf of an authorized legal assistance client, provided the person on whose behalf the authorized legal assistance attorney is appearing has consented in writing to that appearance and a supervising attorney has given written approval for that appearance;

        (2) prepare pleadings and other documents to be filed in any court or before any administrative tribunal in this state in any matter in which the authorized legal assistance attorney is involved, provided all notices of appearance, pleadings, and documents bear the attorney's name, the name of the bar to which admitted, that jurisdiction's bar number, and the legend “Rule 18 Military Legal Assistance Attorney”; or

        (3) engage in such other preparatory activities as are necessary for any matter in which the authorized legal assistance attorney is involved.

    Nothing contained herein shall limit the scope of services provided by legal assistance attorneys under Title 10, United States Code, section 1044, and applicable service regulations.

    [FN1] This rule does not contain a (b).